1 2008-952X Guilan University of Medical Sciences 73 Special Comparison of Critical Thinking Dispositions Between Baccalaurate Nursing Students of Yazd University Medical Sciences and Islamic Azad University of Yazd in 2008 Jalalmanesh Sh Mahmoodi M Barkhordary M 1 3 2008 1 2 1 7 07 12 2013 07 12 2013   Background: Critical Thinking is an essential factor for nursing practice therefore, knowledge, having critical thinking skills and related dispositions are important for nurse educators. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the critical thinking dispositions between nursing students of Yazd University of medical sciences and Azad university of Yazd in 2008.   Materials and Methods: This research was a descriptive-comparative study . The research samples consisted of 85 people of baccalaurate nursing students of medical sciences and 85 people of baccalaurate nursing students of Azad universities of Yazd which selected by stratified sampling . Data was collected by questionaires, the questionnaire consisted of two parts: demographic data and California standard test of critical thinking skills that was completed by the participants. The data was analyzed by SPSS soft ware using descriptive statistics.   Results: It revealed that critical thinking disposition of 80% students of Yazd University of Medical Sciences and 83.5% of students of Azad University of Yazd was ambivalent. There was no significat differences in critical thinking dispositions between two groups of students. Also no significant different was observed in other disposition such as Open-mindedness, Organize, Maturity, Truth seeking, and Self confidence among the students (P>0.05) .The analyticity subscale was statistically significant (P<0.05).   Conclusion: The result showed that critical thinking dispositions was ambivalent in two groups . Although Critical Thinking is very important in nursing education, educational system pay no attention in this regarded. Promoting critical thinking dispositions rely on developing educational system
74 Special The assessment of Faculty Members Activities from Students Viewpoints and Faculty Members Self- Evaluation in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Zarei E Rafeei A Kh Hajebi solghi Z 1 3 2008 1 2 8 13 07 12 2013 07 12 2013  Introduction: The comparison of educational evaluation of academic members by students and self – evaluation faculty members leads to recognition of strenght and weeknesses point. The aim of this study was the comparison of educational evaluation of academic members by students and faculty members self – evaluation.  Method: The population of this cross- sectional descriptive study was faculty members and medical students. Twenty members of academic were selected by census and twenty students were sclected randomly. The data was collected by using a questionnaire with 20 questions and 5 multiple choices for each question based on Likert scale. The Validity of this test was measured by Delphi method and reliability by Alpha split half and Gatman methods and both of them were cridible.  Results: The data was analysed by SPSS soft ware, version 16. The mean of academic members’ self- evaluation was 89.7+ 6.3. The result of evaluation by students showed 85.1 + 6.5 that there was a significant different between two groups(T=2.64 & P=.016). The correlation between scores of self–evaluation and students;#39 evaluation was 0. 26, that was significant too. Conclusion:The self–evaluation scores of academic members were higher than student;#39s evaluation scores. Data anlysis indicated that feed bak of faculty members;#39 self–evaluation and student evaluation;#39 result not only improve the quality of teaching process but also it will be very importan. 75 Special Medical doctor\'s Viewpoints about their Clinical Competencies in Neurologic Procedures Ghandedehari K 1 3 2008 1 2 14 18 07 12 2013 07 12 2013 Introduction: Evaluation of clinical competencies continuously, is an effective experience to improve medical educations quality that was applied by developed countries.  Methods: 50 general practitioners of health care centers and 50 general practitioners in hospital of Khorasan Razavi province participated. In this cross sectional descriptive study, they were selected randomly by systematic sampling. Significant of practical application of each title in neurology and their clinical competencies was determined as high, moderate. Low and compared between two groups. Results: 100 general practitioners (64 males and 36 females) with 4.5 ± 2.2 years of services participated in this study. The procedures such as: history taking, physical exam of N.S, headache, comma and epilepsy were the most applicable subjects.   Subjects of comma and cerebrovascular accidents in hospitals practitioners were important than in health care practitiners. There was a significant different in professional competencies between two groups.  Conclusion: based on results, medical doctor;#39s clinical competencies in 85% of neorologic educational titles were moderate or low, but weaknesses of clinical competencies in emergency part was more evident. 76 Special Evaluation of Community Medicine Departments in Iran Medical Schools and Universities with respect to Faculty Members Torabian S Vosugh Mogadam A Sedaghat Syahkal M 1 3 2008 1 2 19 25 07 12 2013 07 12 2013 Introduction: Training the efficient human resources needs different specialties such as economic, political, cultural, administrative and environmental sciences alongside proper educational planning. In the recent era, role of non-clinical and non-biomedical disciplines such as social sciences are more eventful. Traditional inpatient education can;#39t fulfill recent medical students;#39 needs and skills. This study was performed to determine the statue of Community Medicine Departments of all Medical schools and Universities in Iran with regard to their faculty members. This study has a focus on the status of Community Medicine Departments of all Medical Sciences schools and Universities of Iran with respect to their faculty members.  Methods: In this descriptive cross- sectional study some aspects of educational and research processes in departments of Community Medicine in all Medical Universities affiliated to the MOH were analyzed, with a focus on their faculty members. The data was analyzed by SPSS soft ware.  Results: There were 318 staffs in the Community Medicine Departments in all three classes of universities, 209 (65.7%) faculty and 92 (28.9%) non- faculty member and 17 (5.3%) were unkown. All these schools and universities except Guilan university of medical sciences had less Community Medicine Specialist than standard, epidmiology in 9 groups and Biostatistics in 11 groups had sufficient specialists respectively. Except for Beheshti and Kermanshah university of medical scineces, lack of sociologist and behavioural scientists as faculty member in community medicine department in all universities have been observed. At present, totally 22 clinical specialists serve as faculty member in all community medicine department in medical universities, this number is out of standard rate. Conclusion: most of medical universities in Iran serve irrelevant course in community medicine department without considering, group necessity, course relevancy, and determined standard. 77 Special Survey of Clinical Medical Students and Hospital Staffs Opinion about to Effective Factors of Their Relationships Ghaffarian shirazi H R Karimi Z Zadbagheri Gh Saniee F Masroor P 1 3 2008 1 2 26 31 07 12 2013 07 12 2013   Introduction : Quality of relationship between hospital staffs and physicians, can affect the treatment process of admitted patients and also education of clinical students. This study was designed to determine effective factors that affect this relationship in educational hospitals of Yasuj during period 2004-2005.   Methods: In this descriptive cross- sectional study, one hundred fifteen of Hospital staffs and ninety seven clinical medical students of Yasuj university of medial scinces were selected. They completed the appropriate questionnaire that was designed for this study and collected data was analyzed by SPSS soft ware.  Results: 69.1% of medical students and 74.5% of hospital staffs belived that personal manner is most important factor affects on cooperation of two groups. 75.93% of students and 53.2% of hospital staffs mentioned that vice- chancellor ship in hospital has no role in improving cooperation and relationship between two groups. 89.2% of medical students said that continuous medical education in hospital has importanl role in improving relations and cooperation between two groups. 86.1% of hospital staffs and 85.6% of medical students belived that there is no appropriate relationship between employees and patients in each work shift in yasuj hospitals.  Conclusion: from the view point;#39s of students and hospital staffs, morality is the most important personal characteristic affects relationship between two groups. Also, continuous medical education is the other effective factor should be regarded. 80 Special Study educational methods in learning of histological Lab Bahadori M H Heidarzadeh A Hosseini F 1 3 2008 1 2 32 38 07 12 2013 07 12 2013   Introduction: The methods of medical education have been changing in recent decades and teaching is replaced by student;#39s learning. Based on these changes this study carried out to compare effect of traditional teacher based and joined methods in learning of histological lab.   Methods: This descriptive-cross sectional study was performed in two successive groups of medical students of Guilan University of medical sciences. In group one, eighty six medical students who entered university in 2008 were divided into four 20-22 student’s cluster and in group two, 77 medical students who entered university in 2009 were divided into five 15-16 student’s clusters. First groups was taught traditional method to see histological slide under microscope and the other was taught joined method based through small groups and discuss about histological slides, solving a problem, and increase motivation and group works. The headings of the lesson were the same for the two groups. The end of their semesters, students were evaluated through an OSCE for measuring histological lab competency. Data was analyzed by SPSS software using t-test and chi-square tests.   Results: Data analysis indicated that the mean and standard deviation score of histological lab in joined group (14.7, SD= 2.93) was significantly higher than traditional group (13.14, SD= 3.55) (p=0.02). Also the chi-square analysis of mean score for the areas under investigation including A (17-20), B (14-16.99), C (12-13.99), D (10-11.99) and F (0-9.99) showed significant difference between two groups.   Conclusion: The results showed that the joined method could be regarded as an effective method for histological lab learning. It may be due to several factors, including team working with the participation of students and increasing motivation. 78 Special Effective teaching, an approach based on students’ evaluation Nasiri E Asgari F Faghani M Bahadori M H Mohammad Ghasemi F Hosseni F Maghoul Sh 1 3 2008 1 2 39 44 07 12 2013 07 12 2013   Introduction: Effective teaching is a set of a teacher’s behaviors, which results in achieving educational aims and finally better learning of the learner. One of the basic problems of education in universities is not having effective teaching indicators. Therefore, the review of the studies performed in Iran and the other points of the world by using of the indicators proposed by educational experts, the researchers determined viewpoints of medical students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences as the main owners of educational process in relation to determination of the most important indicators of effective teaching.   Methods: In this descriptive- sectional study with census method, all third term medical and dental students of Guilan University of Medial Sciences that have passed the course of anatomy in the year 2008 have been studied. Data collection tool was a two- section questionnaire: demographic specifications and assessment of the four most important domains of effective teaching criteria (seeking knowledge, teaching method, communication ability and personality), the reliability and validity of tool examined by test-retest (r=.81) and content validity . Questionnaire was given to all of the students directly and they were requested to determine the specifications of each domain according to priority (Ranking Scale) and finally 110 questionnaires were completed with self-administered method, were considered. Data was analyzed by SPSS software using mean, Standard deviation and &chi;2 test .   Results: The results showed that the domains of relation power 69.4%, research, 53.5 %, teaching method 45.3% and personality 39.2% were the most important aspects of effective teaching respectively. In communication ability domain, the specifications of causing participation of students in discussions, in seeking knowledge domain, presentation of up to date subject matters and dominance over the topics, in the domain of teaching method, the ability to organize, logical sequence and order of the subject matters and in the domain of personality, self-reliance and decisiveness of a professor in effective teaching were propounded as the most important specifications. There was no significant statistical relation between demographic variables and teaching domains.   Conclusion: The compiled indicator has considerable similarities with effective teaching indicators in different researches, therefore may be used on the strength of teaching quality improvement, students’ learning level assessment and increasing the level of the students’ educational improvement in the state universities of medical sciences. 79 Special How Well Can We Present an Active Lecture? Falah S Mirhojjati S E 1 3 2008 1 2 45 51 07 12 2013 07 12 2013   Lecture is an appropriate teaching method in many circumstances if it engage student in working with the material and following Lecture process. Activites such as take note, think- pair- share, pair, small- group activities, simplified inquiry techniques, and case studies, give a chance to students focus on the material is presented. Also, short content quiz, classroom assessment techniques, summarization exercises, an application quiz, are good options to close a lecture. These activities provide feedback of students learning, homework must be done by students and material will be presented in the next lecture.